Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. MORRISON, 0F EAST SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

IM PROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,490, dated October15, 188i.

To all! whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JoHN lt. MORRISON, of East Springlicld, in thecounty of Jelerson and State of Ohio. have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in hashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clean', and exact description 0E the saine,reference being had to the aceon'ipanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, Arepresents the washbox, which may be constructed in the shaperepresented, or it may be made round or any other desirable shape. Thisbox is divided by a partition li, which may be provided with corrugatedzinc on both sides,as is usual with the ordinary wash-board. Thepartition Bexteuds from the bottom ofthe box toabout one-half itsheight. It, maybe higheror lower than this, but I usually have thepartition about one-half the height of the box.

C represent two rubbers which are corrugated and covered with zinc,andwhich are secured to the lower ends of the spring-bow E. These rubbersembrace the partition B between them und press against it.

E represen is a bow, the arms oil which may he mode either of metal orwood,so that they will spring. 'ihc top of this bow is provided with a.slot, into which a lever F is secured by means of a pivot or pin. tendsup by the sido of the box A.

F represents a lever, one end oi' which is pivoted to the top of theupright H, while the other emi is free to be grasped by the hand fornso. 'lhe bow l is attached to the lever near its center.

An upright I-I ex-V a is a screw which passes through the arms of thebow for the purpose oi opening orciosing them or for increasing ordecreasing the pressure of the rubbers upon the dividinghoard.

When this machine is to be used, the clothes are placed in the box, and,being wet, are spread over the dividing-board B. The rubbers C C thenpass down over the clothes and prees them tightly against it. The handis then placed on the lever, and when itis worked up and down therubbers C C rnb and wash the clothes. When it is desired to change theposition of the clothes, the lever is raised, so as to remove therubbers from the board B. The clothes are then adjusted and the rubbersnro returned to their position for washing. The rubbers, as also thedividingboard, may be made in a skeleton Eorm,so as to allow of a freepassage of water through them to the clothes. It wiil readily be seenthat by means of this arrangement n very simple and effective machine ismade-a machine which cannot get ont of order, and which can be used byany one, however unskillfnl, with perfect success.

Having thusfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

'lhe spring-bow E,constructed asdescribed and provided with the setscrewa, when used in connection with the lever F and the dividing-board C,the whole bei ng arranged to operate as and for the purpose specified.

JOllN R. MORRISON.

Witnesses:

C. M. ALExAnoEn, M. M. Dow.

